Help me ban Apple Music and "up-next" from my device

Hey AppleCursed,

We’d be happy to help out. There’s a couple things to unpack here, but we’ll be sure to address all your concerns. To get started, you don’t seem to want Apple Music enabled or recommendations to appear when listening to songs.

To address this, turn off Sync Library to disable Apple Music by going to Settings > Music > Turn off Sync Library. This will ensure you’re only seeing what’s manually synced to your device from a computer or purchased from the iTunes Store directly from your device.

Next, you’ll want to turn off Auto-Play if you don’t want recommendations. For help with doing so, check out these steps:

Let Autoplay pick what plays next

Autoplay takes the work out of choosing what to play next. Just play a song, then Autoplay finds similar songs and plays them afterward.

To see your Autoplay queue:

1. Tap the song that's playing at the bottom of your screen.

2. In the lower-right corner of your screen, tap Playing Next .

3. Scroll down to Autoplay. 

To turn Autoplay on or off, tap the Autoplay button  in the upper-right corner of your screen. If you turn off Autoplay on one of your devices, then Autoplay is turned off on any device that's signed in with your Apple ID.

Autoplay is available only if you subscribe to Apple Music.

This is outlined within the following resource about using the Up Next queue: Add music to your queue to play next on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Android device - Apple Support

To check on your subscriptions also review: If you want to cancel a subscription from Apple - Apple Support

We hope this helps out.

Take care!